Re: Large Database Restore

Yes, but the implication is that large databases probably don't update
every row between backup periods.

On Thu, 17 May 2007, Ron Johnson wrote:

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> On 05/17/07 11:04, Jim C. Nasby wrote:
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>> Ultimately though, once your database gets past a certain size, you
>> really want to be using PITR and not pg_dump as your main recovery
>> strategy.
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> But doesn't that just replay each transaction?  It must manage the
> index nodes during each update/delete/insert, and multiple UPDATE
> statements means that you hit the same page over and over again.
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